Classical chords by Vampire Weekend

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

FM7

FM7 G+G G minorGm C majorC

FM7 G+G G minorGm C majorC


🎸 Verse 1:
  FM7             G+G
In times of war, the educated class knew what to do
  G minorGm                  C majorC
In times of peace, their pupils couldn't meet your baby blues
   FM7            G+G
Four hundred million animals competing for the zoo
       G minorGm    C majorC
It's such a bleak sunrise

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
  FM7   G+G    G minorGm    C majorC
Untrue, unkind and unnatural
     FM7     G+G       G minorGm    C majorC
How the cruel, with time, becomes classical

🎸 Chorus:
       FM7
I know that walls fall, shacks shake
 G+G
Bridges burn and bodies break
    G minorGm           C majorC
It's clear something's gonna change
       FM7 G+G          G minorGm   C majorC
And when it does, which classical remains?

🎸 Interlude:
FM7  G+G  G minorGm  C majorC

FM7  G+G  G minorGm  C majorC


🎸 Verse 2:
   FM7                G+G
The temple's gone, but still a single column stands today
   G minorGm                C majorC
That sinking feeling fades, but never really goes away
  FM7             G+G
A augmentedA staircase up to nothingness inside your DNA
        G minorGm   C majorC
Well, that's a bleak sunrise

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
  FM7   G+G    G minorGm    C majorC
Untrue, unkind and unnatural
     FM7     G+G       G minorGm    C majorC
How the cruel, with time, becomes classical

🎸 Chorus:
       FM7
I know that walls fall, shacks shake
 G+G
Bridges burn and bodies break
    G minorGm           FM7
It's clear something's gonna change
       FM7 G+G           G minorGm  FM7
And when it does, which classical remains?

Instrumental 🎸 Break:
FM7  G+G  G minorGm  C majorC

FM7  G+G  G minorGm  C majorC

FM7  G+G  G minorGm  C majorC

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
  FM7   G+G    G minorGm    C majorC
Untrue, unkind and unnatural
     FM7     G+G       G minorGm    C majorC
How the cruel, with time, becomes classical

🎸 Chorus:
       FM7
I know that walls fall, shacks shake
 G+G
Bridges burn and bodies break
    G minorGm           C majorC
It's clear something's gonna change
       FM7 G+G          G minorGm   C majorC
And when it does, which classical remains?

🎸 Outro:
FM7 G+G G minorGm C majorC

FM7 G+G G minorGm C majorC

FM7 G+G G minorGm C majorC

FM7 G+G G minorGm C majorC FM7